Numbers 32
1 And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle, and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle,
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;
2 They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes of the multitude, and said:
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nemra, Hesebon, and Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and Beon,
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much cattle:
The land which the Lord gave into the hands of the children of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle.
5 And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight, that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and make us not pass over the Jordan.
And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.
6 And Moses answered them: What, shall your brethren go to fight, and will you sit here?
And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?
7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the children of Israel, that they may not dare to pass into the place which the Lord hath given them?
Why would you take from the children of Israel the desire to go over into the land which the Lord has given them?
8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the land?
So did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
9 And when they were come as far as the valley of the cluster, having viewed all the country, they overturned the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not enter into the coasts, which the Lord gave them.
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.
10 And he swore in his anger, saying:
And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,
11 If these men, that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land, which I promised with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: because they would not follow me,
Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
12 Except Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, and Josue the son of Nun: these have fulfilled my will.
But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
13 And the Lord being angry against Israel, led them about through the desert forty years, until the whole generation, that had done evil in his sight, was consumed.
Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.
14 And behold, said he, you are risen up instead of your fathers, the increase and offspring of sinful men, to augment the fury of the Lord against Israel.
And now you have come to take the place of your fathers, another generation of sinners, increasing the wrath of the Lord against Israel.
15 For if you will not follow him, he will leave the people in the wilderness, and you shall be the cause of the destruction of all.
For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.
16 But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:
Then they came to him, and said, We will make safe places for our cattle here, and towns for our little ones;
17 And we ourselves will go armed and ready for battle before the children of Israel, until we bring them in unto their places. Our little ones, and all we have, shall be in walled cities, for fear of the ambushes of the inhabitants.
But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.
18 We will not return into our houses until the children of Israel possess their inheritance:
We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.
19 Neither will we seek any thing beyond the Jordan, because we have already our possession on the east side thereof,
For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.
20 And Moses said to them: If you do what you promise, go on well appointed for war before the Lord:
Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,
21 And let every fighting man pass over the Jordan, until the Lord overthrow his enemies:
Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,
22 And all the land be brought under him, then shall you be blameless before the Lord and before Israel, and you shall obtain the countries that you desire, before the Lord.
And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.
23 But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.
But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
24 Build therefore cities for your children, and folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts, and accomplish what you have promised.
So get to work building your towns for your little ones, and safe places for your sheep; and do as you have said.
25 And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.
26 We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad:
Our little ones, our wives, and our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the towns of Gilead;
27 And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war, as thou, my lord, speakest.
But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.
28 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families of all the tribes of Israel, and said to them:
So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29 If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben pass with you over the Jordan, all armed for war before the Lord, and the land be made subject to you: give them Galaad in possession.
And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:
30 But if they will not pass armed with you into the land of Chanaan, let them receive places to dwell in among you.
But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his servants, so will we do:
Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.
32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the Jordan.
We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.
33 Moses therefore gave to the children of Cad and of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof round about.
So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.
34 And the sons of Cad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;
35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Jazer, and Jegbaa,
And Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah;
36 And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced cities, and folds for their cattle.
And Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran: walled towns and shut-in places for sheep.
37 But the children of Ruben built Hesebon, and Eleale, and Cariathaim,
And the children of Reuben were the builders of Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim;
38 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built.
And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed, ) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.
39 Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.
And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.
40 And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.
41 And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.
42 Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof: and he called it by his own name, Nobe.
And Nobah went and took Kenath and its small towns, naming it Nobah, after himself.
